4PGP Reviews
4PGP delivers exactly what it promises. It's an uncomplicated, fun arcade game that clearly has a passion for 90s racing games.
Review in Portuguese | Read full review
4PGP plays really well. Even in handheld mode on Switch 2, the performance is impressive. It's a challenging arcade racer and incorporates the multiplayer aspect well, and I appreciate the devs implemented game share. I wish the same amount of effort was put into the level designs and customization. The environments were lifeless which made the game feel flat. The lack of any car customizations, even just providing cosmetic options, took away any agency I had over the game.
Fun old-school-inspired 3D arcade racer
4PGP is a fun F1 arcade racer that took me back to the 90s and visits to funfairs with a real sense of nostalgia. Although it doesn’t have any official licences, F1 fans will no doubt recognise all the cars and circuits straight away. This also shows that the developer is passionate about F1. On your own, the game will get boring quite quickly, but with a few friends, 4PGP is an ideal party game. The game’s name is certainly well-deserved.
Review in Dutch | Read full review
4PGP strikes a great balance between capturing the look and feel of the elder racers without looking and feeling too like them.
In terms of content, this game is straightforward. The Championship Mode throws a few circuits together but is unfortunately not customizable. You can unlock cars and tracks, including a track in the Sandpit and in the USA. Essentially, you drive three quick laps, and then the race is over; that is about it. You don't actually do much braking either, and tracks like Australia involve driving almost entirely in a straight line, with the occasional moment of lifting off the gas. The car sounds feel a bit like the old days, although they are sometimes incredibly annoying and loud. Graphically, the game looks playful but certainly not special, with flat textures that can barely be called 3D. It is fun, however, to simply play the game on the couch with friends. The game lends itself perfectly to this, as you can easily get in each other's way. However, the game is just a bit too sparse in terms of content to truly excel.
Review in Dutch | Read full review
4PGP is an excellent racing game inspired by classic arcade racers of the 1990s. With a seasoned team of racing game developers, including Ridge Racer developer Kenji Sasaki and Sega Rally composer Tomoyuki Kawamura, 4PGP manages to impress with its blistering sense of speed, precise gameplay mechanics, and arcade-style sound design. Although it is limited when it comes to online multiplayer, there are more than enough tracks and F1-inspired machines to keep players engaged in a party of friends.
It is an interesting game if you are looking for something that resembles the Sega arcade racers from back in the day, but to be fair, you’d be better off just sticking to the excellent remastered version of Virtua Racing available on the eShop. It’s not a bad title, but it just simply failed to make any sort of impression with me, be it positive or negative.
4PGP’s appeal depends on how much of a purist you are about your arcade racing, because while it gets the aesthetic elements down flawlessly, and despite the genuine credibility that comes with bringing people like Sasaki and Kawamura along, it ultimately comes off more as a solo console player’s idea of what an arcade racing game is like, rather than what an actual arcade racing game is at the core. It’s 2026 and we can’t be too choosy, and if you’re not too hung up on the arcade design elements, this is a very easy game to recommend.